Thursday, November 15, 2007
Independence Day
The running gag of the day: Celebrating the Palestinian Independence Day.
With water and electricity provided by Israel (no fountains may be digged without Israeli permission), checkpoints and Jews-only roads inside Westbank, no border autonomy, many illegal settlements occupying Palestinian land inside Westbank (which according to Peace Now grew around 8% last year allone), this "country" is all but independent. And the people nows it, of course, it is felt every day. Therefore, it is less a day of celebration, but more a day of motivation to go on with the struggle and to stay, although the situation does not seem to improve. And leave allone any kind of resistance against the Big Brother, the political fractions here are very good in weakening each other, as could be seen three days ago with the killings in Gaza.
With water and electricity provided by Israel (no fountains may be digged without Israeli permission), checkpoints and Jews-only roads inside Westbank, no border autonomy, many illegal settlements occupying Palestinian land inside Westbank (which according to Peace Now grew around 8% last year allone), this "country" is all but independent. And the people nows it, of course, it is felt every day. Therefore, it is less a day of celebration, but more a day of motivation to go on with the struggle and to stay, although the situation does not seem to improve. And leave allone any kind of resistance against the Big Brother, the political fractions here are very good in weakening each other, as could be seen three days ago with the killings in Gaza.
